I'm about 12 years too late for this arguemnt but...
One thing I never understood was how in the world did Gameboy manage to beat Sega's Game Gear? The Game Gear was so blatently better in every way except battery life (which could easily be resolved with a battery pack). Something tells me battery life isn't exactly the main factor in these things anyway.
Game Gear was still somewhat alive, Pokemon just basically made sure it was dead forever. Only games I played on the gear gear(which I loved) was this baseball game, Bust a move, and Sonic.
Re: I'm about 12 years too late for this arguemnt but...
Battery life is an huge factor in handhelds. Sure, you can fix it with a battery pack, but will parents buy someting thats more expansive and have to buy an expansive battery pack?
Game Boy was cheaper and wasted less batteries
The games were huge with amazing 3rd party support.
and it had Tetris. I think the highest selling game of all time.
These reasons are what's going to make Nintendo the king of handhelds for years. Nonbody has beat them at yet, and I dont think they will. Handhelds are meant for gameplay because uber graphics are just too expansive and battery consuming for handhelds. Sony just forgot that people play handhelds on the road or away from electric outlets. Same with Sega and Atari.
But even if Pokem had never existed, wouldn't you say Game Gear would have had the exact same fate. If it hadn't swayed people by the time Pokem came around, it wasn't gonna happen.
Re: Re: I'm about 12 years too late for this arguemnt but...
Wasn't the Game Gear maybe 20 bucks more? People didn't get Battery packs for Game Boy? And it's not like kids relying on parents were the only ones that had these thing. Or were they?
Game Gear was by no means lacking in games. And even if Game Boy had more, any given Game Gear game was better in most every aspect.
Ah, Tetris can't be so great that it's the defining factor in which system you get. Besides, I think Game Gear had a tetris too although it didn't come out till later.
Don't know much about Lynx. Don't think it had nearly as many games as Game Gear though. Not to mention accessories. You can turn the Game Gear into a freakin TV!!! I never was able to find one of those TV Tuners by the time I got mine.
It even had a converter which allowed you to play Sega Genesis games on it! Couldn't find that either
Honestly, whens the last time you played tetris
(Actually I still play it occationally. Best version of it ever - The New Tetris for N64. Course, probably the only reason I still play is to finish that last damn wonder!! )
Personally, I thought it was fine and after playing with my battey pack attached, it felt too small without it. But in anycase I cannot say Game Boy was cooler. Not even Game Boy Advance had anything that could compete with stuff like Shinning Force 2, Power Rangers, Defenders of Oasis, etc... Game Gear's game were just WAY too much better. Comparing a Game Boy to a Game Gear is just like comparing... well... a Game Boy to a Game Gear.
Only if you knew the code though 1,2,1,2 up, down or something. I forget. But it was a helluva lot better than the Game Boy version that's for sure. Still, Power Rangers was the best fighting game on Game Gear Much better than any of the arcade ports like MK or SF.
I love playing with that thing. my father hated when i played during nite, he said it'd hurt my eyes, but i still played anywayz, and always ended up with tearful eyes, but happy
only had three games: bruce lee enter the dragon, a boxing game (i think it was Fight Night) and VR Troopers (never played Power Rangers though)
but I still have my Tetris Cartridge and yes, Tetris Rules, so much fun and so simple. I think that's what made nintendo win: simplicity. they forgot that during N64, but it looks they're getting back on track now
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